Alex Enumah in Abuja
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the conviction of a former Chief of Transformation and Innovation at the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major General Ibrahim Sani, by a Special Military Court Martial.
Major General Sani was on July 20, 2017 convicted by the Special Military Court on 5 out of the 9 charges bordering on service property, making of false documents and cheating.
Specifically he was found guilty on counts 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8, and was sentenced to a reduction in rank from Major General to Brigadier General, but discharged in counts 5 and 9 of the charges.
Displeased with the judgment, the army general by a notice of appeal, filed on March 3, 2018 challenged all the processes that led to his conviction, the conviction and the sentence handed him by the court martial.
Delivering ruling in the appeal on April 18, 2018, the Court of Appeal however in a unanimous decision voided Sani’s…
